Douglas McBain explained

Douglas McBain
Fullname:Douglas Muir McBain
Birth Date:22 September 1924
Birth Place:Blantyre, Scotland
Death Place:Currie, Scotland
Position:Wing half
Years1:1942–1944
Clubs1:Dumbarton
Caps1:?
Goals1:?
Years2:1944–1946
Clubs2:Hamilton Academical
Caps2:?
Goals2:?
Years3:1946–1948
Clubs3:Queen's Park
Caps3:20
Goals3:0
Years4:1948–1955
Clubs4:Queen of the South
Caps4:148
Goals4:3
Totalcaps:168
Totalgoals:3
Nationalyears1:1948
Nationalteam1:Great Britain
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1

Douglas Muir McBain (22 September 1924 – 1 February 2008) was a Scottish footballer who played in the run to the semi-final for Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] [2] McBain played club football as a wing half for Dumbarton, Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park and Queen of the South.[3]

Playing career

Dougie McBain's club football career is best remembered for his time with Dumfries club Queen of the South.[4] McBain spent seven years with Queens starting from 1948, the year in which he played in the run to a Wembley semi final of the Olympic Games for Matt Busby's Great Britain side (McBain scored against Netherlands at Highbury in the first round).[5] McBain was one of two players in the GB Olympic team to move from Queen's Park to Palmerston Park in Dumfries that summer. The other player was Jimmy McColl.

At Queens, McBain played alongside some of the finest names to have played for the club, such as Billy Houliston, Roy Henderson, Dougie Sharpe, Jackie Oakes, Jim Patterson, Jimmy Binning and Bobby Black.[6] McBain's time in Dumfries was part of the finest era in the club's history. McBain was the club captain when he played and scored in Queens' run to the 1950 Scottish Cup semi final, where Rangers needed a replay at Hampden Park to finally end Queens' best ever run in the Scottish Cup at that time. McBain was an integral part of the team that achieved numerous other points of note in the first half of the 1950s.

McBain left Queens in 1955 after a contractual dispute with the chairman and retired from professional football. McBain was only 30 years old at the time.

Education and later career

Having been schooled at the Hamilton Academy, McBain went on to graduate from the University of Edinburgh before becoming a lecturer at Telford College.[7] [8] [9]

Dougie McBain died on 1 February 2008, at the age of 83.

Personal life

McBain served as an air gunner with the rank of flying officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Douglas MCBAIN. https://web.archive.org/web/20120830064116/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=291709/index.html. dead. 30 August 2012. 9 November 2009. FIFA.
  2. Web site: Douglas McBain. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/douglas-mcbain-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 9 November 2009. Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: DOUG McBAIN. 9 November 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database.
  4. Web site: Dougie McBain career profile on the Queen of the South website . 24 October 2010 . 19 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130819061642/http://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=32 . dead .
  5. http://www.qosfc.com/AboutUs/ClubHistory/tabid/164/Default.aspx "Club History" on the official Queen of the South website
  6. http://www.qosfc.com/AboutUs/QueensLegends/tabid/115/Default.aspx "Queens Legends" on the Queen of the South website
  7. http://www.blantyre.biz/Hall-of-Fame.htm Blantyre web site. Hall of Fame, Douglas McBain biography
  8. http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/overall-news/2008/02/21/death-of-former-olympic-footballer-douglas-mcbain-51525-20505087 Hamilton Advertiser – obituary, 21st. February 2008
  9. https://blantyreproject.com/2016/05/douglas-mcbain-footballer/ Douglas McBain, Footballer
  10. Web site: Douglas McBain . 15 January 2021 . Olympedia.